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WILMORE — Nancy Sleeth doesn't use her oven very often. At least not her conventional oven. Instead, she turns to her more energy-efficient toaster oven, microwave and convection oven. When Sleeth bakes bread, she uses a bread machine.
Nine months ago, John Walker's summer plantings of tomatoes, okra, eggplant and beans had played out, and his fall crop of kale, broccoli, lettuce and radishes had just been put in.
WILLIAMSBURG — The Southern Baptist Convention cut ties last week with a Texas church that doesn't adhere to the denomination's stance on homosexuality, and now the church's youth choir has been told it is no longer welcome to participate in a Kentucky Baptist mission program.
As the Fourth of July approaches and we prepare to celebrate the birth of this nation, how well do we really know our U.S. history?
ASHEVILLE, N.C.— My ritual was the same every morning during my visit. Cup of coffee in hand, I would ease back into the rocking chair on the front porch of At Cumberland Falls Bed and Breakfast, breathe in the aroma of the linden tree that shaded the front yard, listen to the tinkling of the pineapple fountain, and watch dawn break over the Blue Ridge Mountains and this charming town nestled in the midst of them.
